Improvement in automatic water-regulators for cisterns



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE AUGUST JACOBSEN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC WATER-REGULATORS FOR CISTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,520, dated September 29, 1874; application tiled A June 25, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsT JAcoBsEN, of Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Waterlrtegulators for Cisterns; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lctters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in. the construction and arrangement of an automatic water-regulator for cisterns, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, partly broken open to show the interior thereof 5 and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

A represents a cylinder, of any suitable dimensions, provided with an inlet, B, at the top, through which the water from the rainwater pipe enters the cylinder. At the bottom is the outlet C, leading into the cistern. Within the cylinder A, at a suitable point, is a valve-seat, a, to which is hinged a valve, D, opening upward. From the under side of the valve-seat a extend two arms, b b, in the lower ends of which is placed a rock'shaft, d', and to this shaft is secured a lever, E, having one straight arm and one crooked arm. From the end of the straight arm of the lever is suspended a bucket, G', and the end of the curved arm of the lever is, by links e, connected with an arm, el, attached to the valve D. Above the valve D is a water-spout, G, as shown. This cut-oft' and clearwvater regulator is perfectly self-actin g in every particular. It permits none of the first water, which is always black with soot, to enter into the cistern, but causes it to run oft' out of the Waste-spout. The small bucket G hangs directly under the closed valve D, and lills up gradually by drops passing through a small hole, t', in the valve, and lwhen this bucket is full all the black or unclean water will have had time to pass off, and the Weight of the full bucket then pulls up the valve, and the then clear-coming water ows directly, as through a common pipe, into the cistern. When the cistern is full,.or nearly so, the valve'D closes and cuts off the water, which then passes out of the waste-pipe G. This is caused by the walter rising from below, and when within one or two feet from the top it raises a float attached to a wire, f, which is connected in such a manner with the bucket as to elevate the same, and allow the valve to close of its own weight. Through the top of the cylinder A is passed a wire, h, which is simply used as a key. This wire or key is to be always kept up, except when Water is not wanted at all in the cistern, which is often the case in summer season. When the key is down it prevents the valve from rising, and all water passes off through the spout Gr.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the cylinder A, having inlet B, outlet C, and wastespout G, of the valve-seat a., valve D, arm d, links e, rocking lever E, and bucket Gr', `all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth, t

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of J une, 187.4.

AUGUST JACOBSEN. Witnesses:

B. Gr. WILKERsoN, M. W. KORHAMMER. 

